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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, bewildered, bugged, chagrined, confounded, confused, crushed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, embarrassed, fazed, fuddled, humbled, humiliated, in a tizzy, mortified, rattled, shamed, taken aback |
| Antonyms: | at ease, composed, emboldened, proud, reassured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet, horrified, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, rattled, run scared, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
| Main Entry: | beside oneself |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a panic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, distressed, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, insane, mad, out of one's mind, out of one's wit, overwrought, rattled, raving, shook up, unbalanced, unhinged, upset, very upset, worked-up |
| Main Entry: | bewildered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, agape, aghast, agog, appalled, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, awed, baffled, befuddled, bowled over, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, flipped out, floored, flustered, giddy, in a dither, lost, misled, muddled, mystified, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, reeling, shocked, shook up, speechless, staggered, startled, stumped, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck, uncertain, unglued |
| Antonyms: | clear, oriented, understanding |
| Main Entry: | disconcerted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; shaken |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bewildered, caught off balance, come apart, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, in botheration, messed-up, mixed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, perturbed, psyched-out, rattled, ruffled, shook-up, spaced-out, taken aback, thrown, troubled, unglued, unsettled, unzipped, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, concerted, soothed, unworried |
| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
| Synonyms: | addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
| Antonyms: | calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | punch-drunk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | agog, baffled, befuddled, confused, dazzled, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flustered, lost, muddled, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, slap-happy, staggered |
| Main Entry: | puzzled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | at a loss, at sea, baffled, bewildered, bollixed, clueless, come apart, come unzipped, discombobulated*, dopey, doubtful, floored, foggy, fouled up, hung up, in a fog, lost, loused up, messed up, mind-blown, mixed up, mucked up, mystified, nonplussed, perplexed, rattled, screwed up, shook, shook up, spaced out, stuck, stumped, thrown, unglued, without a clue |
| Antonyms: | aware, certain, cognizant, sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsettled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothered, upset |
| Synonyms: | active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, busy, changeable, changeful, changing, complex, complicated, confused, disorderly, disturbed, explosive, fidgety, fluid, flustered, inconstant, insecure, kinetic, mobile, mutable, on edge, perilous, perturbed, precarious, rattled, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, shifting, shook up, tense, thrown, ticklish, troubled, unbalanced, uncertain, uneasy, unnerved, unpeaceful, unpredictable, unquiet, unrestful, unstable, unsteady, variable, wavering, wobbling |
| Antonyms: | calmed, content, happy, settled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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